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Has anyone gone to talking therapy ever? Was it helpful?

Doing everything within my control 'right'. Lifting consiste...
laughsome topaz property
  05/14/24
What do you hope for a therapist to accomplish? Be specific ...
Cordovan hell
  05/14/24
Feel like I'm walking around carrying 200 lbs of various men...
laughsome topaz property
  05/14/24
Need more details here General occupation? You mention...
translucent disgusting rehab jewess
  05/14/24
It’s a dumb jew scam
translucent disgusting rehab jewess
  05/14/24
lmao
cracking irate office
  05/14/24
i am guessing they would teach you some coping mechanisms an...
Sapphire Mischievous Gas Station
  05/14/24
Catastrophizing is the cr analysis. If you go to a therapist...
Cordovan hell
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Painfully honest organic girlfriend
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imo talk therapy does not help, but behavioral therapy might...
brilliant outnumbered immigrant psychic
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior ...
irradiated goal in life
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brilliant outnumbered immigrant psychic
  05/14/24
I had like 7 therapists. 6 weren’t great but it was st...
Bipolar soggy business firm
  05/14/24
lmfao
translucent disgusting rehab jewess
  05/14/24
Lol
cracking irate office
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laughsome topaz property
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Date: May 14th, 2024 12:58 PM
Author: laughsome topaz property

Doing everything within my control 'right'. Lifting consistently, eating right, getting sunlight/fresh air consistently. Lots of other stuff in my life I can't do much about, ranging from family problems to uncertainty with my job. Mentally just weighed down to the point where I can't fully function.

Wondering if therapy could reasonably help? Would definitely decline any medication.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660700)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 12:59 PM
Author: Cordovan hell

What do you hope for a therapist to accomplish? Be specific

In other words, in what way do you think a therapist would help you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660703)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:23 PM
Author: laughsome topaz property

Feel like I'm walking around carrying 200 lbs of various mental anguish, and no matter how much I try to focus on IRL things to improve the things driving my mental anguish (working out, trying to socialize, be better at wageslaving, etc), can't shake it off and can't (yet) meaningfully improve those IRL factors. And it's creating this negative feedback loop where I feel worse about everything, and then have worse performance in everything, which makes me feel worse about everything, and so on. For example, missing a lot of workouts because I can't get myself out of bed recently. Just lay there in dread for hours at a time until I really peel myself off.

At this point IDK what I can hope for from either therapy or life. But I'm willing to do anything to improve my situation. Which is why I'm asking if therapy could possibly help or do something from people who have experience with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660799)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:27 PM
Author: translucent disgusting rehab jewess

Need more details here

General occupation?

You mention “family”—did you have offspring? Are you responsible for these people?

Whats so shitty about your situation again?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660813)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 12:59 PM
Author: translucent disgusting rehab jewess

It’s a dumb jew scam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660704)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:03 PM
Author: cracking irate office

lmao

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Date: May 14th, 2024 1:10 PM
Author: Sapphire Mischievous Gas Station

i am guessing they would teach you some coping mechanisms and how to avoid catastrophizing and whatever bad mental habits you may have

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47660752)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:05 PM
Author: Cordovan hell

Catastrophizing is the cr analysis. If you go to a therapist with that specific and concrete goal maybe they can help you. Really just worry less.

Circle of concern/circle of control helps me with this. And plus just getting older you learn that 95% of the shit that kept you up at nights ended up being nothing at all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661304)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:23 PM
Author: Painfully honest organic girlfriend



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:22 PM
Author: brilliant outnumbered immigrant psychic

imo talk therapy does not help, but behavioral therapy might

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviour_therapy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661349)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:30 PM
Author: irradiated goal in life

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (basically, more intense CBT) are very effective -- even if you are not mentally ill and just want to change something about your behavior.

But the vast majority of people who do various "talk therapies" just engage in stupid "feel good" bullshit that is basically just talking about your feelings. If anything, it is probably harmful because it trains you to constantly be thinking about your feelings -- which is just an exacerbation of two of the main symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Lots of Psychs that claim to do CBT might not even actually do it. Or they do some bullshit female watered down version.

Either find a MALE who specializes in CBT and is HARDCORE about it -- or find a female who does DBT.

WARNING: These actually require a lot of work. If you just show up to your appointment every week or whatever, you will get little out of them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661377)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 4:30 PM
Author: brilliant outnumbered immigrant psychic



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:19 PM
Author: Bipolar soggy business firm

I had like 7 therapists. 6 weren’t great but it was still nice just getting stuff off your chest to a neutral party who doesn’t give a fuck and won’t judge you. One of them was legit helpful and led to divorcing my wife quicker, which turned out to be the best decision I ever made

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661670)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:19 PM
Author: translucent disgusting rehab jewess

lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5528447&forum_id=2#47661675)



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Date: May 14th, 2024 6:21 PM
Author: cracking irate office

Lol

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Date: May 14th, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: laughsome topaz property



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